Autofs and Automounter

Question 1

Install all necessary packages for autofs

Answer 1

yum install autofs -y

Question 2

Check to see if autofs files are present

Answer 2

ls /etc/auto*

Question 3

What does the automounter do?

Answer 3

Allows you to create dynamic mounts. When you access NFS mounts for can access them but over a period of time they will umount. Its a way to access mountpoints without the system having to maintain those mounts.

Question 4

Configuration file for timeout

Answer 4

/etc/autofs.conf

Question 5

Primary configuration file:

Answer 5

/etc/auto.master

Question 6

Start and enable autofs

Answer 6

systemctl start autofs
systemctl enable autofs
systemctl status autofs

Question 7

Add nfs mount to the auto.misc

Answer 7

esbdata -ro lx00016140p:/app01/esbdata

ls /misc/esbdata

Question 8

Steps to create home directories dynamically in the home directory

Answer 8

mkdir /home/ldap

vim /etc/auto.master.d/home.autofs

/home/ldap /etc/auto.home

vim /etc/auto.home

• mount.cert.com:/home/ldap/&

or

vim /etc/auto.master
/home /etc/home.map

vim /etc/home.map
* -rw server:/home/&